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Joseph Keough is the Chairman & CEO of Wood Partners.

Prior to joining Wood Partners in 2008, Keough acted as the Chief Operating Officer of Fuqua Capital, where he was responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fuqua family’s office operations as well as defining and implementing the firm’s investment strategy across asset classes. He previously served as the Senior Vice President, Development and Investment Strategy, in the office/multifamily division at Cousins Properties, a publicly-traded REIT. Prior to joining Cousins, he was a Principal at The Boston Consulting Group.

Keough earned his MBA from Harvard Business School and received his bachelor’s degree in Finance and Economics from Babson College.

Patrick Trask is President of Wood Partners, currently responsible for overseeing the company’s development and construction divisions and for developing new equity and debt capital relationships. Prior to his role as President, Patrick served as Regional Development Director for Wood Partners’ Central Region, which consists of Texas, Colorado, Arizona, Nevada and Chicago. He serves on Wood’s Board of Directors and Investment Committee. Patrick joined Wood Partners in 2001 and opened the Texas offices for Wood Partners.

Before joining Wood Partners, he served as a Development Associate in Trammell Crow Residential’s North Florida Division, where he was active in their developments in Orlando and Tampa. Prior to graduate school, he worked as a Foreign Exchange Interest Rate Trader with CS First Boston and Morgan Stanley in their New York and London offices.

Patrick received an MBA degree at the University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School in May 2000. He also earned a bachelor’s degree in history from Davidson College in May 1993.

Matt Trammell is the Chief Financial Officer at Wood Partners, responsible for overseeing the project and corporate finance functions as well as the company’s property operations and dispositions. Mr. Trammell joined Wood Partners in 2008 and serves on Wood’s Investment Committee and is a member of its Board of Managers. He has been actively involved in the financing of more than 60,000 multifamily units totaling $14 billion in total capitalization during his time with the company.

Prior to joining Wood Partners, Mr. Trammell spent two years as an analyst with Novare Group, a development company focused on high-density mixed-use opportunities around the Southeast.

Sean Reynolds is Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel of Wood Partners. He serves on Wood’s Board of Managers and Investment Committee. Prior to joining Wood Partners, Reynolds was a partner with Alston & Bird LLP, and served as counsel to numerous real estate private equity funds, private REITs and real estate sponsors (including Wood Partners). Prior to joining Alston & Bird LLP, Reynolds was a partner with Morris, Manning and Martin, LLP.

Reynolds received his J.D. and B.B.A. degrees from the University of Georgia and his M.B.A. from the University of Florida.

Emily Fagan is the Chief Administrative Officer of Wood Partners. She is responsible for accounting, human resources and technology. For the first 12 years of her tenure with Wood Partners, Emily served as Chief Accounting Officer and was responsible for the company’s accounting and reporting on owned and managed assets.

Prior to joining Wood Partners, Emily was the Development Controller of Novare Group, where she was responsible for the accounting on a high-density mixed-use development portfolio of $1.4 billion across the Southeast. Emily began her career in public accounting, working first in the audit practice at Arthur Andersen and then at KPMG.

When not working Emily can be found running, hiking, and attending sporting events with her husband and two young sons.

Emily is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in Georgia and North Carolina and a graduate of Wake Forest University with a Master of Science and Bachelor of Science in Accountancy.

Josh Lynch is a Director and in-house legal counsel for Wood Partners. He is involved in the development, construction, financing, and disposition of the company’s assets across the country.

Prior to joining Wood Partners in 2015, Josh was a Senior Associate at Alston & Bird and served as counsel to numerous real estate developers, sponsors and institutional investors. He specialized in the areas of real estate development and financing. Prior to joining Alston & Bird, Josh was an auditor at Ernst & Young.

When Josh is not spending time with his family, he enjoys playing golf.

Josh received his B.S. in Accounting and Finance from Florida State University and his J.D. from Vanderbilt University. He is licensed to practice law in Georgia and previously passed the C.P.A. exam.

Walter Armer is the Managing Director for Wood Partners in Colorado. He is responsible for the sourcing, financing, and development of new multifamily projects throughout the state with a focus on the Front Range. Since 2000, Walter has been actively involved in the development, acquisition and repositioning of over 9,000 multifamily units with a total capitalization in excess of $1.4 billion.

Prior to joining Wood Partners in 2020, Walter worked for Holland Partner Group and Broe Real Estate Group in Denver as well as several large development firms and family offices in the San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles.

Walter received an MBA from the FW Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College and holds a bachelor’s degree in business from the University of Phoenix.

When not working Walter enjoys Skiing, Hiking and Mountain Biking in the Colorado Rockies.

Bart Barrett is Director of Wood Partners’ Houston office, responsible for overseeing the development, design and financing of construction in Houston and Central Texas.

Barrett was instrumental in developing more than 3,400 housing units with a capitalization of more than $500 million as managing director at Alliance Residential Company before he joined Wood Partners in 2014. Before he joined Alliance in 2011, Barrett was a finance and development associate at The Morgan Group. As a lead analyst for Apartment Realty Advisors, Barrett participated in the transaction of more than $900 million and 19,500 units in multifamily sales in Houston, Austin and San Antonio. Barrett worked with The Hanover Company and APS Financial Corporation earlier in his career.

Barrett earned both a bachelor’s degree in business administration and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Southern Methodist University. He’s a member of the Urban Land Institute, Houston Real Estate Council and Houston Apartment Association Developers Committee.

Charles Barrus is the Regional Director of Development for Wood Partners’ South Region, covering primarily Georgia, Florida, and Tennessee. He has development and finance responsibility for all new projects in the South Region. Since 2002, Barrus has been actively involved in the financing, development and disposition of more than 9,000 multifamily units with a total capitalization in excess of $1.7 BB.

Before joining Wood Partners in 2002, Barrus worked as a manager in business planning and development for the Walt Disney Company, where his responsibilities included hotel development and transportation strategy. Prior to his current role at Wood Partners, he was a development director for the firm in North Florida.

Barrus received a MBA degree from the University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School and also holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Davidson College.

Matt Berry is the Managing Director of Construction for Wood Partners’ Central and West Regions (TX, AZ, CA, WA, OR, NV, CO, UT, MN and IL), overseeing all aspects of project plan development and construction execution. Matt has been in the multifamily industry since 2000, building both for-sale and rental units including garden style, urban infill, mid-rise, high-rise, adaptive reuse, and mixed use.

He joined Wood Partners’ Dallas office in 2006, and has been directly involved in the planning, design, estimating, and construction of over 15,000 multifamily units. Prior to Wood Partners, he worked for a commercial general contractor in Atlanta, overseeing projects in the multifamily, retail, and institutional markets.

Matt earned his Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering with a concentration in Structural Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, graduating Magna Cum Laude.

Bryan Borland is the Managing Director for Wood Partners in Florida. He is responsible for the sourcing, financing, and development of new multifamily projects throughout the state. Since 2010, Borland has been actively involved in the development of over 5,200 multifamily units and ancillary retail space with a total capitalization in excess of $1 billion.

Prior to joining Wood Partners in 2010, Borland spent three years in commercial banking with SunTrust Bank and Wachovia Bank. He started his development career in the Washington, D.C. office of Wood Partners before relocating to his home state of Florida in 2013.

Borland received an MBA from the University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School and holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Florida State University, where he serves as a Director on the Executive Board of the FSU Real Estate Center.

Joe Gambill is the Managing Director with responsibility for Wood Partners’ assets in Southern California. Gambill manages the acquisition, financing and development for all Wood Partners’ projects in these territories.
Gambill’s background prior to Wood Partners consists of nearly 10 years of construction experience as well as working for a local Los Angeles based developer. Since joining Wood Partners in 2014, he has been involved in the development of over 3,500 units with a total capitalization of over $1.3B in Southern California.
Gambill earned a bachelor’s degree in Construction Science and Management from Clemson University and a master’s degree in Real Estate Development from the Price School of Public Policy at the University of Southern California. He is a member of the Urban Land Institute in Los Angeles.

Brian Hansen is a Regional Director of Development with responsibility for Wood Partners’ Western region. His responsibilities include the oversight of development, financing and asset management for all Wood Partners’ activities within this region.

Hansen joined the company in 2006 and, since then, has been actively involved in the management, origination and financing of more than $1 Billion worth of developments.

Before joining Wood Partners, Hansen worked as a Senior Analyst for Analysis Group, an economic consulting firm and, prior to that, was employed at The Federal Reserve in Washington D.C. working as a Research Analyst for the national GDP forecast.

Hansen earned his MBA with a concentration in Real Estate from Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina, and his bachelor’s degree from Colby College.

Tyler Hurd is a Managing Director at Wood Partners responsible for development and finance for new projects and asset management for existing assets in Tampa and Southwest Florida. Hurd has developed over 2,800 multifamily units with a total capitalization in excess of $650 million. Prior to leading the Tampa office, Hurd led efforts to build and execute development pipeline in Georgia and Alabama out of Wood Partners’ Atlanta office. He has also worked closely with Wood Partners’ CFO supporting corporate finance functions, assisted in managing Wood Partners’ Business Intelligence Initiative, and has served as an Asset Manager on multiple assets throughout the country.

Before joining Wood Partners, Hurd spent three years working as an Asset Manager for Trimont Real Estate Advisors in Atlanta. At Trimont, he worked with three national, institutional multifamily investors overseeing approximately 10,000 units across 10 states. Prior to Trimont, Hurd was at Lockheed Martin in Warner Robins, GA for one year working as a Multi-Functional Financial Analyst for Lockheed’s Global Training and Logistics – Aviation Logistics Sustainment Services.

Outside of work, Tyler enjoys all kinds of watersports including scuba diving, offshore fishing, wakeboarding, and sailing.

Hurd graduated summa cum laude from the University of Georgia with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from the Terry College of Business.

Jim Lambert is a Development Director for Wood Partners responsible for all development activities in the Boston area including origination, permitting, design, capitalization and construction of all new projects in the market.

Prior to joining Wood Partners in 2015, Jim was responsible for multifamily development as the Vice President of Development for Mill Creek Residential Trust in their Boston office. At MCRT he was instrumental in the sourcing, capitalization or construction of over 1,300 multifamily units.

Lambert received an MBA from Bentley University with a concentration in real estate. He completed his undergraduate studies at Northeastern University where he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in business administration.

Todd McCulloch is a Regional Director of Development with responsibility for Wood Partners’ Central region, including oversight of development, finance, construction, and asset management, and he serves on the company’s Investment Committee. Previously, Todd served as Wood’s Director of Texas markets.

Todd joined the company in 2005, and since then, has been actively involved in over $2 billion of real estate transactions. Prior to Wood, Todd worked in the Transaction & Advisory Services division of CBRE.

Todd earned his MBA from the University of Texas McCombs School and received a bachelor’s degree in history from the University of Texas at Austin as well.

Ryan Miller is the Director for Wood Partners’ North Texas development operations and is located in the Dallas office. He is responsible for the development, design, and financing of multifamily construction in the region. Since joining Wood in 2012, Miller has played a key role in the closing of more than 1,300 multifamily units valued in excess of $205 million.

Prior to Wood Partners, Miller was a developer with Verde Apartment Communities in Dallas where he developed 1,500 units in the Dallas and Austin areas. Miller began his career in corporate finance before transitioning to real estate as Director of Project Finance for a local single family lot development firm. He also has experience in real estate sales and spent several years in the brokerage industry with The Apartment Group where he was involved in numerous multifamily transactions throughout Texas.

Miller has an MBA from Southern Methodist University’s Cox School of Business and also earned his bachelor’s degree in business from The University of Texas at Austin.

Michael Nagy is the Managing Director for Wood Partners in the Pacific Northwest. He is responsible for the sourcing, financing and development of new multi-family projects in the region. Since 2014, Michael has been actively involved in the development of over 1,500 multi-family units and approximately 50,000 SF of ground floor retail space and with a total capitalization in excess of $500 million.

Before joining Wood Partners, Michael was a Senior Development Manager for Holland Partner Group, a real estate development firm headquartered in Vancouver, WA. Prior to that, Michael spent six years working in real estate investment banking in Washington, DC and was involved in more than $4 billion in public and private real estate financing and M&A transactions.

Michael has a B.S. Degree in Finance from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. He is a member of the Urban Land Institute in Portland.

Bennett Sands is a Development Director for Wood Partners responsible for development and finance for new projects and asset management for existing assets in Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Louisiana. He has developed and financed more than 3,000 multifamily units and 120,000 square feet of commercial space with a total capitalization in excess of $700 million.

Before joining Wood Partners, he spent three years working in Investment Banking for Robinson-Humphrey. At Robinson-Humphrey, he worked on both public and private capital raises in several industry groups including retail, telecom and information technology.

Sands earned a bachelor’s degree in Economics and Business Administration from Vanderbilt University. He received an MBA with a Real Estate concentration at the University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School.

Caitlin Shelby is the Director for the Raleigh-Durham office of Wood Partners. In this role, she manages the sourcing, financing, and development of multifamily communities in eastern North Carolina and Virginia.

Prior to joining Wood Partners, Ms. Shelby managed nearly 2 million square feet of development for Boston Properties and The JBG Companies in Washington, DC. Ms. Shelby began her career working in corporate finance and project management at the New York City Economic Development Corporation.

Ms. Shelby received her MBA from the University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School, with a concentration in Real Estate Development and Real Estate Finance. She graduated from Fordham University with her BS in Business Administration. Ms. Shelby is a member of the UNC Kenan-Flagler Leonard W. Wood Center for Real Estate Studies Advisory Board, ULI Regional Initiative Council for the Carolinas, and ULI Women’s Leadership Initiative Steering Committee for the Triangle.

Carter Siegel is the Regional Director of Development for the East region. Siegel oversees development and finance responsibilities for projects in the South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia. Since joining Wood Partners in 2006, he has led the financing and development of more than 6,000 units valued at $1.1 billion.

Before joining Wood Partners, Siegel worked at Apollo Housing Capital financing affordable and historic tax credit properties. Prior to this position he served as a Development Associate in Trammell Crow Residential’s North Florida Division where he participated in developing more than 750 units in Tampa and Orlando. Siegel also previously worked in the Hong Kong and New York offices of Jardine Fleming, a UK based Investment Banking firm.

Siegel holds a bachelor’s degree in history from the University of Virginia and an MBA degree from the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business. Siegel is an active member of several professional organizations including the Urban Land Institute and serves on the NAHB leadership board.

Andrew Steffens is a Development Director for Wood Partners in Nashville, TN. He is responsible for the acquisition, financing, and development of mixed use and multifamily projects throughout Tennessee and Kentucky. Before joining Wood Partners, Andrew was the Regional Director of Development for Ram Realty Advisors, a private equity development fund based out of Palm Beach Gardens, FL.

Prior to Ram, Andrew served as the Development Director for Alliance Residential where he opened the local Nashville office for Alliance and delivered just under $200M in class A development. His existing Nashville developments include the award winning 276-unit mixed use community branded Broadstone Germantown, a 330-unit community branded Broadstone 8South, and a 238-unit mixed use community branded Broadstone Gulch.

Prior to joining Alliance Residential, Andrew held various roles within a real estate finance group at Citi Bank. Andrew graduated with honors from the University of Tennessee and earned a Masters of Business Administration from the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt.

Todd Taylor is the Development Director for Wood Partners in Arizona and Nevada. His responsibilities include Development, Finance and Asset Management.

Taylor started with Wood Partners in 2005, and has been involved in the development of over 4,000 units in Arizona and Nevada. Among these deals was Alta Phoenix Lofts, a 332-unit 9-story development, which ranked #1 in the 2009 Best of Phoenix Luxury Apartment list. The 2011 Phoenix Luxe List ranks three of Mr. Taylor’s deals among its top eight valley-wide. Phoenix Business Journal ranked Wood Partners Phoenix at #3 for Multifamily Commercial Real Estate Developers in 2015 and 2016. Additionally, Phoenix Business Journal’s the Book of Lists ranked Wood Partners Phoenix in the top 10 for Largest Phoenix Area CRE Developers.

Taylor’s multifamily experience covers a broad spectrum, including market-rate rental, mixed-use, condominium, student housing, age restricted, full-service independent living, and 80/20 affordable bond financed units.

Taylor completed his undergraduate studies at California State University Long Beach and holds an MBA (with a concentration in real estate finance) from the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California. Prior to graduation, he played professional baseball with the Minnesota Twins organization.

Taylor is a member of the Real Estate Investment Advisory Council (Southwest Chapter) and serves on the Board of Directors for Homeward Bound Arizona.

Mark Theriault is the Managing Director of Construction for all of Wood Partners’ eastern markets (MA, MD, VA, NC, SC, GA, TN and FL). He is responsible for the design, estimating and construction of all projects within those areas. He previously served as Regional Construction Manager for Wood Partners and has been responsible for all construction projects within the Northeast.

Mark is a veteran in multifamily construction with more than 25 years of experience in managing all types of residential construction, including over 12,000 multi-family housing units. He began his career as an assistant project manager with Toll Brothers in 1995. In 1999 he joined JPI, where he worked his way up from assistant superintendent to director of construction for the Northeast.

Mark earned a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting from the University of Massachusetts. He has a Construction Supervisor License in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Julia Wilk is the Managing Director of Development in the Irvine office for Wood Partners. Wilk is responsible for the sourcing, financing, and development of multifamily communities in the San Diego and Orange Counties. She started in Wood’s San Francisco office in 2012, and has managed the origination, financing and development of over 1,300 multifamily units valued in excess of $800 million.

Prior to joining Wood Partners, Wilk worked as a Development Associate for JDT International in Philadelphia and as an Analyst for Arroyo & Co in San Francisco. Wilk began her career as a producer of documentary television and film in New York.
Wilk earned her Masters of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning degree from the University of Pennsylvania with a Certificate in Real Estate Design and Development. She also holds a MA degree in History from University College Dublin and a BA degree in History from Yale University.

Scott Zimmerly is Regional Director of the Mid-Atlantic region, managing the development and financing for projects in Washington DC, Northern Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and Pennsylvania. He has been involved in the sourcing, design, development and financing approximately 5,000 units and $1.3billion in transactional value.

Before joining Wood Partners in 2006, Zimmerly spent five years in the investment banking industry in New York and Maryland, where he focused on mergers and acquisitions across a multitude of industries. He also has experience working in the acquisitions department of Washington Real Estate Investment Trust, owner and operator of high-quality office, retail and multi-family assets in the Washington Metro area.

Zimmerly received his MBA with a concentration in real estate from the University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School. He graduated from Washington and Lee University, with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration.

An active member of the Urban Land Institute and Real Estate Group (REG), Zimmerly is also a frequent speaker and panelist in the Washington, DC and Baltimore metro region including events sponsored by Bisnow and Marcus and Millichap..